Wyre is a leading fiat-to-cryptocurrency and payment infrastructure company for the cryptocurrency ecosystem. In blockchain time, Wyre has been around forever -- it was founded in 2013. Wyre leverages blockchain to facilitate cross-border payments, bridging the gap between traditional payment processing and digital assets. Focusing on developers, the company provides easy-to-integrate APIs which enable thousands of developers to bring cryptocurrency to the masses. The company has “on-ramped” over 15 million end s to their partners and has processed over $10B in payments since inception. We were ed by Co-founder and CEO Yanni Giannaros, and Director of Crypto Strategy Jamal Raees, to chat about payments applications in general and in web3, how Wyre works on a technical and business level including regulatory constraints, their recent acquisition by Bolt, and the roap for the platform. Topics covered in this episode: The history of Wyre and the changes they have seen in the space over the past 10 years Yanni and Jamal's backgrounds and how they met A technical overview of Wyre The challenges of running an onramp Bolt's recent acquisition of Wyre Payments applications in web 3 - what works and what doesn't The Wyre business model and fees The jurisdictional restrictions for using Wyre and Yanni and Jamal's thoughts on the current regulatory environment The future of crypto interfaces The Wyre roap Episode links: Wyre Wyre on Twitter Yanni on Twitter Jamal on Twitter Sponsors: ParaSwap: ParaSwap aggregates all major DEXs and makes sure you beat the market price at every single swap and with the lowest slippage - paraswap.io/epicenter Chorus One: Chorus One runs validators on cutting edge Proof of Stake networks such as Cosmos, Solana, Celo, Polkadot and Oasis. - https://epicenter.rocks/chorusone This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/449 2j2c5w